Movies Like Areias Escaldantes

If you liked Areias Escaldantes (1985), a science fiction and adventure movie directed by Francisco de Paula, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventure
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…
2
Monsters of Man (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…
3
Timescape (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and adventure
Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…
4
Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
5
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventure
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
6
Halo: Nightfall (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and adventure
Set between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians… Halo: Nightfall tells the dramatic story of legendary man hunter and Naval Intelligence Officer Jameson Locke and his team as they are caught in a horrific…
7
F.R.E.D.I. (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and adventure
An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and…
8
Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and adventure
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
9
Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…
10
Chaos Walking (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventure
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
11
Justice League (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and science fiction
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the…
12
Strawberry Mansion (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and adventure
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote…
13
Monster Hunters (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
When an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a…
14
Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventure
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
15
River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and science fiction
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
17
Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
18
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and adventure
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and science fiction
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.